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Required Reading

Erin Bowles

Required Reading revisits the most impactful books from our childhood with a new guest every week.

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20:06

Goosebumps: Say Cheese and DIE!

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2025/11/05

Another week, another Goosebump! Book 4 in the series is Say Cheese and Die, where a mysterious camera causes misfortune to whoever appears in a pic! Goosebumps episode one! Two! Three! With Chelsea Pope! With Keara Sullivan! Support the podcast!Follow me!

25:07

Halloween Movies!

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2025/10/29

It's a mini episode and a solo episode so you know it's gonna be absolutely whack-a-doodle. I talk about my favorite Halloween movies! Here's my letterboxd list!Follow me!Support the podcast!

40:17

Frankenstein with Paul Feig

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2025/10/22

AAAAAH! Legendary director Paul Feig joins me to discuss Mary Shelley's immortal Frankenstein from 1818. Check out Paul's newest film The Housemaid only in theaters December 19th!

44:14

The Clique with Georgia Shenk

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2025/10/08

Original guest and girlhood expert Georgia Shenk returns to discuss a book I was not allowed to read and the touchstone for "mean girl"-hood of the 00s.....other than the one you're thinking of. It's THE CLIQUE by Lisi Harrison!When new girl Claire moves into mean girl Massie's guest house, worlds collide. Claire eats sugar and does not fit in with the Pretty Committee (Massie's group of friends) - will she choose popularity or being true to herself? Follow Georgia! Listen to author Lisi Harrison's

53:28

A Little Princess with Caroline Ely

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2025/10/01

This week on the podcast it's an all-time classic of girlhood: Frances Hodgson Burnett's A LITTLE PRINCESS with podcaster Caroline Ely!Sarah Crewe enters Miss Minchin's boarding school as a wealthy heiress, but when her father dies finds herself shoved into servitude, poverty, and hunger.Check out Caroline's podcast Good Christin Fun (Erin was on it!)Follow Caroline!Follow Erin!Support the podcast!

43:32

Warrior Cats: Into the Wild with Jillian Tsai

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2025/09/24

TV writer Jillian Tsai of Netflix's Haunted Hotel joins me to discuss the first entry into the mega-series WARRIORS from 2003! Rusty is a cozy house cat who chooses to join Thunderclan, a group of feral cats who live in the woods behind his house and are having a land dispute with other clans. He becomes a warrior apprentice, Firepaw, and uncovers mysteries within the clan and within himself....Check out Jillian's show Haunted Hotel on Netflix! Follow Erin!Support the show!

53:26

The Westing Game with Sierra Marilyn Riley

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2025/09/17

Author Sierra Marilyn Riley (The Dark Cove Theatre Society) joins me to discuss one of MY all-time favorite books from childhood: THE WESTING GAME!When wealthy paper magnate Samuel Westing dies he leaves a complicated will demanding 16 "heirs" - most of whom live at an apartment building across a field from his creepy mansion - partake in a game to inherit his fortune.Check out Sierra's book, coming out October 7th and stream Mistletoe Murders! Follow Erin!Support the show!

33:32

James and the Giant Peach with Jenny Bicks

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2025/09/10

Mind-blowing writer Jenny Bicks (Welcome to Flatch, Sex and the City) joins me to discuss our second Roald Dahl book JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. Fun fact: same year as Phantom Tollbooth! Little James finds himself inside a giant peach, surrounded by several very large and very friendly bugs! Support the podcast!

47:05

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with Kelly Krauter

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2025/09/03

Bellbottoms, capris, cargos: its the summer of pants. Kelly Krauter joins me to discuss Ann Brashare's 2001 immortal classic THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS. And don't you dare roll your eyes. Best friends Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bridget are about to spend a summer apart for the first time in their 15 years of life. Just before they go their separate ways they find a magical pair of jeans that fits them all, despite their varying body sizes. They vow to mail the jeans back and forth to each

41:48

Theater Geek with Kelsey Buckley

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2025/08/27

Kelsey Buckley returns to wrap up our summer camp series with a nonfiction book: THEATER GEEK. Theater Geek by Mickey Rapkin chronicles one summer at renowned theater camp Stagedoor Manor. Follow Kelsey! Follow Erin!Support the podcast! As of this writing (8.26.25) we have earned $3.56 from ad revenue! Thank you for listening!

50:27

Harriet the Spy with Joanna Truman

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2025/08/20

Writer Joanna Truman joins me to discuss one of the most iconic characters in children's literature: Harriet M Welsch AKA Harriet the Spy!!From Louise Fitzhugh in 1964, Harriet the Spy follows Manhattanite 11 year old kid spy Harriet M Welsh as she writes infinitely in her trusty notebook about her pesky classmates in order to survive the departure of her dear nanny, Ole Golly.Follow Joanna!Follow Erin!Support the podcast!

36:30

The Phantom Tollbooth with Maggie Winters

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2025/08/13

Comedian Maggie Winters joins me to discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster with illustrations from Jules Feiffer! The Phantom Tollbooth follows bored schoolboy Milo as he enters a mystical and very unreasonable land in search of the princesses of Rhyme and Reason! AND - episode 100 is approaching! Let me know what you'd like me to do! I have very few ideas! Follow Maggie! Follow Erin! Support the podcast!

53:04

Required Viewing: Camp Rock with Natalie Ortega

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2025/08/06

Broadway's Natalie Ortega returns to discuss another entry in Camp Required Reading: CAMP ROCK!From 2008, the DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie, of course) Camp Rock follows Mitchie (Demi Lovato) at the celebrated music camp where dreams are made, as long as no one finds out her mom is the new cook! Follow Natalie!Support the podcast! Follow Erin!

43:32

Goosebumps: The Horror at Camp Jellyjam with Keara...

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2025/07/30

Keara Sullivan returns to Required Reading to go to camp and, frankly, it's horrifying. We dive into Goosebumps THE HORROR AT CAMP JELLYJAM by RL Stine.Wendy and her brother Elliot fall off their parent's car, down a mountain, and into Camp Jellyjam where something STINKS.Follow Keara!Read her Substack! Support the podcast!Follow Erin!

45:28

Fear Street: Lights Out with Victoria Harley

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2025/07/16

Camp Required Reading is BACK, campers!Victoria Harley (A Breath of Fresh Movie podcast) joins me to discuss RL Stine's 12th book in the Fear Street saga: Lights Out.Holly doesn't like the outdoors, but she'll be a camp counselor to help her uncle save his failing camp - but someone's trying to sabotage it all!Check out some of our other camp episodes: Sunkissed and Goosebumps: Welcome to Camp Nightmare!Listen to Victoria's podcast A Breath of Fresh Movie!Follow Erin!Support the podcast!

54:04

Eragon with Madeline North

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2025/07/09

Author, creator, and marketing maven Madeline North returns to discuss a dragon classic: ERAGON by Christopher Paolini. Young Eragon finds a dragon egg and quickly Saphira the dragon hatches. All matter of mayhem breaks loose as forces from throughout the kingdom seek out the egg. Follow Madeline!Check out Madeline's new marketing agency! Listen to Madeline's previous episode on The Princess Bride!Follow Erin!Support the podcast!

46:09

Goosebumps: Welcome to Camp Nightmare with Chelsea Pope

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2025/06/25

It's week two of Camp Required Reading and Chelsea Pope returns to discuss Goosebumps #9: Welcome to Camp Nightmare!The food at Camp Nightmoon isn't great. The counselors are a little strange. And the camp director, Uncle Al seems sort of demented. OK, Billy can handle that. But when other campers disappear... and his parents don't answer his letters... Camp Nightmoon is turning into Camp Nightmare! (Google Books)Check out Chelsea's previous episode on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!Check out

44:53

Sunkissed with Haley OC

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2025/06/18

This week I am debuting a special summer camp series!!Haley OC joins me to discuss SUNKISSED by Kasie West, a YA romance inspired by Dirty Dancing. Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betrays her, even her perfectly curated playlists can't help her forget what happened. To make matters worse, her parents have dragged her and her social-media-obsessed sister to a remote family camp for two months of "fun." Just when Avery is ready to give up on the summer altogether,

35:53

The Adventures of Captain Underpants with Chad Morton

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2025/06/11

Writer Chad Morton (Abbott Elementary) joins me to discuss the most banned book of the 21st century: Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey.Fourth graders George and Harold accidentally hypnotize their terrible principal into actually becoming Captain Underpants, the comic book hero they drew!See Chad's work on Abbott Elementary on ABC!Check out the work of Beetle Moses!Follow Erin!Support the podcast!

49:31

Lord of the Flies with Krista Moy

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2025/06/04

Krista Moy returns to discuss William Golding's 1954 classic Lord of the Flies! Also it's EPISODE 75!! We did it babes! A group of boys crash-land on an island and all hell breaks loose. Check out Krista's previous episode about A Streetcar Named Desire!Follow Krista!Follow Erin! Support the podcast!

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